Burial-casket.



BURlA'L CASKET.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. 12. |915-.

1,1 99,940. v Patented- Oct. 3, 1916.

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BURIAL CASKET.

APPLICATION FILED FEB 12 ISIS.

Patented Oct. 3,1916.

2 SHEETS-SHEET 2 ITED STATES PATENT onnio HENRY A. s'rnon, or s'r. LOUIS, MISSOURI, ASSIGNOR T0 MOUND corrrn COMPANY,

or s'r. LOUIS, 1VIISSOURI, A CORPORATION or MISSOURI.

BURIAL-CASKET.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 3, 1916.

Application filed February 12, 1915. Serial no. 7,699.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY A. S'rRoH, a citizen of the United States of America, and a resident of the city of St. Louis and State of Missouri, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Burial-Caskets, of which the following is a specification.

The primary object of this invention is to provide an improved burial casket canopy for supporting the draperies.

Another object is to provide an improved foldinglcanopy for burial caskets that is adapted to be seated in the lid of the casket when not in use.

A further object is to providea canopy with improved means whereby the drapery will not be crushed when the canopy is folded in recessed position in the lid of the casket.

Other and further objects will appear in the specification, and be specifically pointed out in the appended claims, reference being had to the accompanying drawings exemplifying the invention, and in which,

Figure 1 is an end elevation of a burial casket showing this improved canopy open for use. Fig. 2 is a front elevation of Fig. 1, the central portion of the casket being broken away, the drapery on one side of the canopy being removed. Fig. 3 is a vertical section taken on Fig. 4 is a fragmentary front elevation showing the casket lid open, a portion of the canopy being shown in recessed position in the lid. Fig. 5 is a vertical section taken on the line-VV, Fig. 4. Fig. 6 is an enlarged horizontal section taken on the line VI'VI, Fig. 4.

Referring to the drawings: 1 designates the body portion of the casket, which can be of any desired construction. Secured to the upper portion of said body portion by hinges 2 is the casket lid or cover 3, said lid being held in open position by the braces 4.

The lid 3 has a recess or pocket 5 formed therein on the under side thereof, said pocket being for the reception of a canopy 6 and parts relating to said canopy. Secured to each end of said canopy and to'one side thereof is a pintle 7 each of said pintles being slidably mounted in the guide 8, said guides being secured to the under side of the lid 3 adjacent the end walls 9 of the pocket 5.

the line III-III, Fig. 2.

7 carried by the canopy lwalls 9. by hinge members lOis a canopy supportlng arm 11, said arms when not in use being seated in the pocket 5. Carried by each of the arms 11 is a drapery 12. Se-

cured to the front edge 13 of the canopy 6 1s a drapery 14.

WVhen the canopy 6 and parts pertaining thereto are in recessed or stored positions in the pocket 5 of the lid 3, the canopy 6 lies flush with the under side of the lid, the pintles 7 of said canopy being at one end of the guides8 adjacent the hinging portion of the lid 6 (see Figs. 4, 5 and 6). In order to hold said canopy in closed position, a look ing member 15, which is carried by the under side of the lid, is adapted to engage the canopy. When the canopy 6 is in closed position, the supporting arms 11 will be seated between the canopy and the top of the lid, and the draperies carried by said arms will lie against the canopy. When it is desired to use this improved canopy, the lid '3 of the casket 1s swung 1130013611 position as shown, and the locking member 15 is re leased. The canopy 6is swung downwardlytoward a horizontal position, and the drapery 14 will be swung outwardly. The canopy is then elevated, the pintles 7 sliding in the guides 8. When the pintles reach the opposite ends of the guides, the supporting arms 11 are swung outwardly to a rightangled position from the lid 3, and the canopy 6 is allowed to rest in the horizontal po sition on said arms. When the supporting arms 11 are in their right-angled positions, the draperies 12 serve as end draperies to the casket, whereas the drapery 14, which is 6, will'serve as a side or front drapery to the casket when the canopy is in its supported horizontal position.

Heretofore, supporting canopies for caskets, when folded and not in use, crushed the draperies which they are adapted to support. In this improved canopy support, when the supports 11 are swung into their pocketed positions, the draperies 12 are carried to their stored positions. Then, as the canopy 6 is being swung to its pocketed position on the pintles 7 he front drapery 14 will swing against the front or under side of the canopy. Then, when the canopy is locked in folded pos'tion when the lid 3 is being closed on the body portion of the casket, said drapery 14 will be swung downwardly and lie loosely in the body portion of the casket, there being no squeezing pressure on the draperies 12 and 14 at any time, so that said draperies will always keep their freshness.

What I claimis:

1. In a burial casket, a lid, a canopy having one side swingingly and slidably connected to said lid, said canopy adapted to be first swung into a horizontal position and then elevated, and a supporting arm for supporting said canopy in elevated horizontal position.

2. In a burial casket, a lid, a canopy having one side swingingly and slidably connected to said lid, said canopy adapted to be first swung into a horizontal position and then elevated, and a pair of swingingly mounted arms carried by said lid adapted to be swung at right angles to said lid and support said canopy at its ends in its elevated horizontal position.

3. In a burial casket, a lid having a pocket formed therein, a canopy having one side swingingly and slidably connected to said lid adapted to be seated in said pocket, a

, pair of swingingly mounted arms carried by said lid, said arms when seated in said pocket adapted to lie between said canopy and said lid, said canopy adapted to be swung into a horizontal position and then raised, said arms when swung outwardly from said lid adapted to support said canopy in its elevated horizontal position.

4. In a burial casket, a lid having a pocket formed therein, a canopy having one side swingingly and slidably connected to said lid adapted to be seated in said pocket, a

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pair of swingingly mounted arms carried by said lid, a drapery carried by each of said arms, said arms when seated in said pocket adapted to lie between said canopy and said lid, said canopy adapted to be swung into a horizontal position and then raised, said arms when swung outwardly from said lid adapted to support said canopy in its elevated horizontal position, said draperies carried by said arms forming end curtains for said casket when said arms are swung outwardly.

5. The combination with a burial casket and a lid for said casket, of a movable canopy arranged on the under side of said lid adapted to project forwardly over said casket when said lid is placed in an upright position, hinging members for connecting said canopy to said lid, and guideways for said hinging members adapted to provide means of displacement for the hinging point of said canopy.

6. A movably mounted lid having a foldable canopy arranged against the inside wall thereof, guideways carried by said lid, pintles carried by said canopy, slidably mounted in said guideways, said lid adapted to be moved into an approximate vertical position, said guideways and said pintles of said canopy providing means for allowing said canopy to be moved into an approximate right angle position relative to the vertical position of said lid.

I I HENRY A. STROH.

In the presence 0 WVJLBER Gr. LOGEMAN, M. O. HAMMON.

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